Robert Travis Scott: The Enduring Mystery of Who Killed Huey P. Long killed
[Robert Travis Scott is Capital Bureau Chief of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.]
Who killed Huey Long? Was it an assassination? A fisticuffs turned fatal? A police cover-up?...
The official metal plaque marking the fateful spot in the state Capitol is careful not to take sides. It says only that Long "died September 10, 1935, from a bullet wound inflicted here on September 8, 1935. He was 42 years old."
On that, everyone agrees. The rest of the story has accumulated clouds of doubt for three quarters of a century and seems destined to remain without clear resolution.
"The only premise that I personally believe in, is that no matter what theory that you believe in personally, there exists serious and believable evidence that disputes your theory, as well as all the other theories," said Michael Wynn, a Louisiana historical collector and co-author of a play about the shooting in which the audience decides what happened....
The bullet that killed Long has never been produced as evidence. The gun used by the alleged assassin was picked up in the hall by the local coroner but it was not clearly and immediately established at the scene except by witness testimony. It went missing for more than 50 years....
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Who killed Huey Long? Was it an assassination? A fisticuffs turned fatal? A police cover-up?...
The official metal plaque marking the fateful spot in the state Capitol is careful not to take sides. It says only that Long "died September 10, 1935, from a bullet wound inflicted here on September 8, 1935. He was 42 years old."
On that, everyone agrees. The rest of the story has accumulated clouds of doubt for three quarters of a century and seems destined to remain without clear resolution.
"The only premise that I personally believe in, is that no matter what theory that you believe in personally, there exists serious and believable evidence that disputes your theory, as well as all the other theories," said Michael Wynn, a Louisiana historical collector and co-author of a play about the shooting in which the audience decides what happened....
The bullet that killed Long has never been produced as evidence. The gun used by the alleged assassin was picked up in the hall by the local coroner but it was not clearly and immediately established at the scene except by witness testimony. It went missing for more than 50 years....